When to Plant Baby Blue Eyes in Lehighton, PA

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Lehighton you can determine when you can plant baby blue eyes by checking out the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Baby Blue Eyes

Frost tolerance for baby blue eyes: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Baby Blue Eyes are moderately cold tolerant which means that you can get them planted earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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A good time to plant baby blue eyes
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant baby blue eyes
Probably not a good time to plant baby blue eyes

The earliest that you can plant baby blue eyes in Lehighton is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant baby blue eyes and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your baby blue eyes may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your baby blue eyes indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Lehighton the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Lehighton is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Lehighton it frosts late in the year after April 15 so always be ready to protect your baby blue eyes in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lehighton

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-10°F
Highest Expected Low-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

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